Kids and their families learn about bridges ? and working together ? at the Hagley Museum on Saturday, as part of the the museum's 'Science Saturday's program.

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Dozens of kids and their friends and families converged on Hagley Museum Saturday to explore the art and craft of bridge building.

The three-hour event - "Bridge The Divide" - was one in a series of "Science Saturdays" at Hagley, the historic spot along the Brandywine River where Eleuthere Irenee du Pont built his gunpowder works more than 200 years ago. Hagley hosts the science-based challenges on the fourth Saturday of every month.

For this one, participants started with a lesson in support - learning, for example, that a bridge with an arch will support much more weight than a bridge with no ...